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President’s Speaker Series Highlights the Power of Prayer

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Will Ford III kneels beside a family heirloom at the first President's Speaker Series event of 2022. Ford and Matt Lockett became friends after they discovered Lockett's family owned Ford's as slaves. Photo by Lucian Himes The first event of 2022 for the President’s Speaker Series took place Feb. 16, in Elkins Auditorium. Guest speakers Will Ford III and Matt Lockett shared … [Read more...] about President’s Speaker Series Highlights the Power of Prayer

President’s Speaker Series Kicks off With Cornel West and Robert George

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Photo courtesy of Pepperdine UniversityPepperdine hosted its first President’s Speaker Series event Jan. 12 titled "Honesty and Courage, Humility and Hope: Robert George and Cornel West in Dialogue," in which the Rev. Cornel West and Robert George discussed their friendship, civil discourse, free speech and the devaluation of truth-seeking in the United States. The title … [Read more...] about President’s Speaker Series Kicks off With Cornel West and Robert George